FaZe Clan opened their Perfect World Shanghai Major campaign with an uncomfortably close win against underdogs Wildcards. Despite getting some head-turning results on their road to the elimination stage, FaZe Clan became too much for Wildcards to handle as they lost with a respectable scoreline.
VETO
- Wildcard removed Mirage
- Wildcard removed Anubis
- FaZe Clan removed Vertigo
- FaZe Clan removed Inferno
- FaZe Clan removed Dust2
- Wildcard removed Nuke
- Ancient was left over
Map 1: Ancient; Winner: FaZe Clan; Score: 13:10
Wildcard got off to a strong start as FaZe failed to find any footing in the game early on but as we progressed, they managed to rope in a few. Wildcard’s offense was very good in catching FaZe off-guard on more than one occasion and combined with stanislaw’s calling, it looked like they were running away with the game.
The second round opened up with FaZe winning the pistol and thereby shifting the momentum which was primarily going the way of WildCards. The early rounds saw FaZe build a lead putting the North Americans on the backfoot which they never recovered from. FaZe’s exceptional talent combined with experience helped them recover a game that easily could have gone the other way.
FaZe eventually won the map 13:10 which was too close given the Wildcards core has little to no experience in tournaments of this stature, while FaZe are titans who always bring their A game on LAN.
This win would lessen the burn of qualification while Wildcard will now compete with a 0-1 scoreline and something tells us, they enjoy the pressure.
